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potentiality_26The meme is:
1. The first character I fell in love with
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now
3. The character I love less than I used to
4. The character I just want to slap
5. A paring that I love
6. A pairing that I despise
Here we go...
1. The first character I fell in love with: Martin. Like a lot of people, I searched out Cabin Pressure because I fell for Benedict Cumberbatch watching Sherlock. So, Martin was the first character I glommed on to. It didn’t hurt that he sometimes reminded me of me to a frankly embarrassing degree.
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Arthur. He always cracked me up, but I’m consistently astonished by all the feels he gives me sometimes.
3. The character I love less than I used to: There is absolutely no major character on Cabin Pressure that I don't think is at the very least really, really funny.
4. The character I just want to slap: Gordon Shappey. For no elevated reason- he’s just mean and he makes Arthur sad and- yeah, actually, there can be no better reason than that. He makes Arthur sad.
5. A pairing that I love: I’m fond of Martin/Douglas, but I like Martin/Teresa just as much. I mean, she’s a princess and she’s wonderful and I just love the fact that that happened. Here's Martin and Teresa in a nutshell: “You took her to Duxford Air Museum. She took you to a private party at the Taj Mahal. Where you were going next week?” Martin’s such a tongue-tied silly- and she likes him.
6. A pairing that I despise: Arthur/basically anyone. I know that he dates in the series, but I just can’t get my head around it. He’s a grown man, but he’s so innocent and childlike that it doesn’t work for me to think of him with anyone. And it's sometimes a shame that it squicks me as much as it does, because there are some lovely Arthur/Martin fics out there.
1. The first character I fell in love with: Art. The moment that I knew Justified was going to be really high on my list of things that make me happy was when Raylan was upset that everyone thinks he just shoots people all the time, and Art told him (and I’m doing this from memory, so it might not be quite right): “If you were a kid about four or five, and every day at school you bit someone, they might start to think of you as a biter.” That was when I knew I loved the show.
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Boyd. He's always entertaining, even when we first meet him and he’s blowing up churches and shooting people in the head. But I didn’t expect him to live through the pilot (I gather that he wasn’t intended to, but they changed their minds and made him a recurring character and then a regular instead). I certainly didn’t expect to become so invested in him. But he’s just so riveting, and I love the fact that after three seasons I felt that I knew what made him tick pretty well, but I still hadn’t the first idea what he was going to do next. Ever.
3. The character I love less than I used to: Rachel, but not because there is anything whatsoever wrong with Rachel as a character. She’s just sort of faded into the background lately, and it’s hard to love her when I keep forgetting about her.
4. The character I just want to slap: Winona. And Raylan, too, actually. I probably shouldn’t bring The Wild Wild West into this, but it’s my post, so I will. There’s this awesome, awesome lady in it named Lily Fortune. She was Artie’s childhood sweetheart, and they meet up again and he asks her to marry him. And she says no, because his life is busy and dangerous and even though she loves him she doesn’t want that kind of life. And that is all made up of WIN. Because Winona hates how busy and dangerous Raylan’s life is, and she wants no part of it. But she married him anyway. And then she divorced him over it. But she got back with him anyway even though none of that has changed. So, I want to slap her for that, and I want to slap Raylan for going along with it.
5. A pairing that I love: Ava/Boyd/Raylan. Though there are a few OT3s I run with if I see them, this is the only one I really like. Boyd/Raylan always interested me in the abstract, but I never really thought it could work. But I love Ava and Boyd together, and I liked Raylan and Ava together back when they were, and I like that he was never weird about her being with Boyd now… and something about this OT3 just… works.
6. A pairing that I despise: Despise is a strong word, but for the same reasons I’m annoyed with Winona and Raylan, I dislike Raylan/Winona. If a married couple get a divorce because their relationship isn’t working, and they get back together and neither of them have changed and (guess what?) it still isn’t working- someone needs to let go.
1. The first character I fell in love with: Rumpelstiltskin. I was a little shaky on this show- to be honest, I’m shaky on it still- but when I saw Robert Carlyle I knew I’d have to struggle through it. He was so effortlessly great. I’d talk more about Rumple as a character, but he’s so mixed bag that I think a lot of my love for him is tied up in RC, who makes him consistently fascinating.
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Charming. He’s a questionably scripted character and all, but in Whatever Happened to Frederic, when Abigail was telling him what happened to Frederic, he said, “Have you tried true love’s kiss?” And one of the things I love about this show, when they get it right, is exactly that kind of thing. The application of fairy tale magic and concepts to scenarios that really bring out how ridiculous and yet wonderful such concepts are. It’s those kind of moments that drew me to the show, so yeah- I love Charming.
3. The character I love less than I used to: Snow. Just to put it out there, I think she’s lovely as get out, and there are many things I love about her as a character, but they seem to run out of interesting stuff to do with her character very quickly, and then just repeat them over and over.
4. The character I just want to slap: Henry. I mean, anyone who was ever a kid that wanted to go through the wardrobe into a Narnia (or whatever fantasy world suits your fancy) has to know where he’s coming from about a lot of things. It’s his relationship with Regina that ticks me off. He keeps telling her that if she wants him to love her she’s got to earn it. But then, when she does good things, he isn’t there. He lashes out when she makes a mistake and abuses her love for him when it suits him. Is it really that surprising that she keeps falling off the no-magic wagon? I don’t think so.
5. A pairing that I love: Belle/Rumpelstiltskin. First of all, that Rumple got a love story made me really happy. And Belle is so wonderful; their relationship is most of what makes OUAT worth watching.
6. A pairing that I despise: Mulan/Philip. So, this was mentioned in the show and I doubt it was ever really a thing, but I hated it. I don’t expect to see LGBT characters on a show like this or anything, but I would like there to be just one character, once, who is ultimately motivated by something other than heterosexual romance. Regina might be driven by her love for Henry, but she still had Daniel. Hook might want revenge on Rumple for cutting off his hand, but that was about Milah. The only character who hasn’t had such a background is Jefferson, but I don’t expect that to last- and I don’t mind, because I happen to like Alice/Hatter a lot and I hope they go there. But it didn’t serve the plot for Mulan to have a thing for Philip, and it would have been nice to have a little variety there. Couldn't she care about him as a comrade in arms and nothing more? Apparently not.
1. The first character I fell in love with: Myka, I think. It took a long time for the show to grow on me, but Myka… that came easy. She’s so serious and so uptight and her hair is just so big. I love her lots.
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Pete. He was always an amusing character, but a lot of the childish, little-boy humor of his character fell flat for me. The darker parts of his character, like his past as an alcoholic, always intrigued me- but I’m not really in Warehouse 13 for the dark parts. I fell in love with Pete when Steve came out to him and he said, “Finally! Someone who can appreciate all this,” and gestured to himself. His utter lack of homophobia is just so wonderful. I mean, everyone on the show is great about Steve, but from Pete it’s special.
3. The character I love less than I used to: I’m not sure my feelings about any of the other characters have changed a whole lot. Maybe Pete’s mother; after the initial CAPTAIN JANEWAY!!! moment (Captain Janeway was one of my first heroes ever, FYI) I grew bored of her rather quickly. But I think this was more because they didn’t really seem to know what to do with her than because she isn’t a good character.
4. The character I just want to slap: I sort of want to slap Myka for letting H.G. get away like that- but that’s not over until the fat lady sings, and I don’t hear her just yet. And Myka is still serious and uptight and her hair is still big, so I continue to love her lots.
5. A pairing that I love: As evidenced by the above, Myka/H.G. is my main ship, but I don’t read a whole lot of fic for W13, so I wouldn’t call it diehard. See, I like some slash and some het, but while I have no objection to femslash, I rarely see it the way same I do slash or het. With Myka and H.G. I saw it. And then I found out that Joanne Kelly was playing Myka as in love with H.G. So it’s nice, just once, to know for sure that I’m not crazy.
6. A pairing that I despise: Myka/that hockey guy whose name I don’t even remember. That was so tacked on and stupid I don’t even have words.
1. The first character I fell in love with: Jim, obviously. He’s just so gorgeous, and he has such fine… assets, and on a slightly less shallow note he’s such a good guy. The first time I saw Jim, the bad guy had fallen into the trap he’d set for Jim in what most of us would call cosmic justice, and Jim was legitimately doing his level best to save the guy. And he didn’t just try to save him. He got distraught when he couldn’t. Gorgeously.
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Jeremy Pike. He replaced Artie in a fair amount of season four before they got rid of his character and replaced him with a barrage of one episode partners who disappeared again as soon as it was over. I knew this before I saw him; I also knew how universally hated he was, so I was all ready to hate him too. But I don’t. He’s competent and intelligent, he has the same skill-set as Artie but he’s nothing like Artie, he’s got a kind of wry, mild humor that I love, and he’s got a wonderful smile. I think most people hate him because they know all this and feel threatened by a guy who really would make Jim a good partner. And he and Jim are friends in a macho, towel-slapping kind of way that Jim and Artie never will be. I just wish more people understood that that isn’t a bad thing. Seeing how Jim interacts with Jeremy makes as good a case for why he and Artie are a bit more than friends as any scene between Jim and Artie ever has. Also, when you first meet Jeremy, his body language and expression say: “Hey, buddy- so, your boyfriend skipped town. But I brought beer and I won’t let you drunk text him.”
3. The character I love less than I used to: I really don’t know. I will say that I think Colonel Richmond is overhyped. In fanfiction, he’s essentially Jim and Artie’s one and only boss. On the show, he’s only really in a few episodes, and some of the others are far more amusing- like the one who didn't understand any Spanish, which Artie used as an opportunity to talk to Jim over his head in that language.
4. The character I just want to slap: Doctor Loveless sometimes. I mean, I think WWW did the hero/nemesis-who-will-not-go-away thing better than any other show, and I love the fact that Loveless hates Jim but also has a pathological need to impress him. That said- what has Jim done every time they’ve met? Ruined his brilliant plan to destroy the country. So- what should he do the next time he’s got a brilliant plan to destroy the country? Not draw Jim into it.
5. A pairing that I love: Jim/Artie, of course. There’s really nothing more to say.
6. A pairing that I despise: Artie/guys-who-aren’t-Jim. I’m apparently in a weirdo minority here, but you can sell me Jim is secretly gay or Jim is at least bi without breaking a sweat- but not so much Artie. Sure, he was an actor once and sure he’s a little bit swish- but, with certain situational qualifiers- my read on Artie is for the most part legitimately-straight-but-have-you-seen-Jim-lately? I usually don't see him with guys otherwise.
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Date: 2013-08-19 02:11 pm (UTC)*HUGS*
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Date: 2013-08-20 03:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-12-17 07:41 pm (UTC)But I do also like Jeremy Pike. : ) Like you said, he's intelligent and to me, more appealing than the other temp. partners they give Jim while Artie's gone. That said, Jeremy is so much LESS appealing to me than Artie, that he's only okay as a sort of temp. partner for him. They're the only pairing on that show that really appeals to me. No one else has the chemistry those two do, or the visible affection. Lastly, I majorly love Dr. Loveless. You're right, he could avoid trouble by simply avoiding Jim. Except. He's incapable of doing that, because of his major obsession with him. Which I think frustrates the hell out of him, btw. IMHO, I think his obsession is actually sexual, at least in large part, though I don't know if Loveless consciously admits that to himself. ;) I think he kind of wants to BE Jim, but also to have sex with him. Odd, but that's Loveless. I do like his monstrous rage against the world for being born a dwarf. It's oddly real to me, and at times, oddly touching. I think Artie and Jim feel that way too.
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Date: 2013-12-18 05:31 am (UTC)I'm definitely not saying that I like Jeremy better than Artie, just that he's a cool character and he adds something interesting to the narrative, and it frustrates me when writers are dismissive of him.
I love Doctor Loveless too. Every time he's happy about something, I feel that joy, no matter what it's about. And a lot of the time when he's angry (which is a lot of the time), I agree with him. To a certain extent, his grievance against Jim is solid. I mean, the first time they met, Jim pretended to be on his side, and I think a part of Loveless has been trying to show Jim that that should have been true ever since. I tend to call it a man crush, what Loveless has for Jim, and I can never a 100% make up my mind about how much of a sexual aspect there is to it. I mean, there's an aesthetic appreciation- and of course there would be, because damn- but I'm never sure, for myself, how far I think it goes. I'm working on a fic where I explore it a little more, and it can work for me, I just waffle about it somewhat.
Sorry about all the "I'm working on a fic where..." stuff. Apparently when my brain decided that this show was where it wanted to hang its hat for the next while, it meant I was going to write all the fic, and I always have several going at once. It makes for somewhat scattered discourse, because a lot of the time I haven't entirely figured out how I feel about something until I'm writing about it.